Pantothetic acid, how long till it's effective?

[Enock]

I had found this entire forum list with all different forums devoted to people trying different Acne treatments. There were a couple of B5 boards actually because there were so many posts. Some people experienced inprovements inside of a week for others it took much longer, but the good news is it worked for almost everyone on the forum, the few people it did not, seems they just did not give it enough time or nearly heavy of enough doses for their level of acne.

There was another board about Zinc and Acne combined, strange results on that board, Zinc seemed to make people break out worse before it started helping, ahh well Zinc doesn't seem to work too well I just rely on what I get from my multi.

 

[rookiegearhead]

Thanks a ton fellas, I just need to see the light at the end of the tunnel here.....and I need to be shedding the shirt in a month and need this crap cleared up!

Thanks again.

 

[Riker29]

It depends.

The Vits start to act almost immediately. The issue is that acne takes time to form into a lesion (or bump or cyst or whatever) that you can see and actually call "acne" on the surface.

The surface acne problems are the ones which have the shortest time to form and be seen - you would see imrpovement in that type of acne quickly. Within a few days.

Cystic acne - the type that starts way down deep, almost something you "feel" before you even see it ..... the type that takes a LONG time to go away once you SEE it .... takes a LONG time to form ...... like weeks actually. That type will take LONGER then to "fix" with B5 or any other regimen. Since ........ the cystic acne you see today actually started like 2-4 weeks ago at the deep level.

As for Zinc ...... yes ...... some things have that "better before it gets worse" reaction. Zinc MAY be like that, accutane does that as well.

And, ger some higher-dose B5 pills. You can get 500 mg or 1 G pills. They are a bit hard to find - I found mine at a sort of "helth food" grocer ....... the type that the Earthy chicks who wear sandals all the time shop at. LOL

 

[tshoot]

Start out with 5 grams (yes that's 5 of the 1000mg pills) daily for about 2 weeks then go down to 3 grams daily for a maintainance doseage. You should see a difference in about 2 weeks. It helped me keep the acne down to a minimum in a cycle of 500mg/wk of Sus and 400 mg/wk Deca. My skin is very oily (even with multiple showers a day using clearasil soap etc) normally off cycle so I personally think that it works pretty well. I have alot less acne on cycle than some of the other people I see in the gym who's skin isn't nearly as oily as mine. Order the B5 (Pantothenic Acid) from the Vitamin Shoppe . The Kal brand comes in 1000mg tabs so you don't have to swallow a handfull of the smaller ones a day. It also seems to work pretty well if you get a tube of Acne creme (vanishing) w/10% Benzol Peroxide and run a good amount into your back and shoulders until it disappears.Good luck.

 

[videoman]

What about FACE acne? DOes anyone have a problem with that ever? Im on week 2 of my 1st cycle and so far no acne at all. BUT I used to have it bad on my face in HS, now Im 31 and get some occasionaly. WIll teh face be really bad too? Im taking 3 grams B-5 a day just in case.

 

[The Almighty]

Bump

I get face acne too